Our Scans · (ZY.2.08) Military Science · Weekly Summary

• While space weapons sound ripped from the pages of science fiction novels or films such as Superman II and James Bond's GoldenEye, military experts have long warned that space is likely to be the next frontier of warfare in an increasingly technology-dependent world. BBC News
• Beijing is taking advantage of Moscow's isolation to gain more opportunities to exploit Russia's extensive Arctic coastline, absorb its energy and mineral resources, develop its polar science and technological capabilities, and expand its military reach. DNyuz
• Xi Jinping is taking advantage of Russia's isolation to gain more opportunities to exploit Russia's extensive Arctic coastline, absorb its energy and mineral resources, develop its polar science and technological capabilities, and expand its military reach. The Sunday Guardian Live
• China's Science of Military Strategy asserts that military-civilian pursuits are the path to polar power, and implementing dual-use applications of polar science will assist in achieving it. RMC
• The NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Science and Technology Committee considers emerging and disruptive technologies capable of transforming future military capabilities and warfare through advanced tech applications. Eurasia Review
• The increased funding for science, technology, and military and intelligence by nations, including the U.S. and Canada, will eventually benefit from COMINT. Precedence Research
• The United States might get very little early warning of the specific science and technology (S & T) programs that China could use to create important new military capabilities that the U.S. military might confront in the future. Rand Corporation
• Defence must have a national science and technology system that enables the development of disruptive military capabilities, including harnessing advanced and emerging technologies to provide asymmetric advantage for the ADF. Defence Science Institute
• The emphasis on self-reliance in science and technology comes after the United States tightened control over the export of cutting-edge technologies to China, especially in the field of AI, which Washington said could be used to strengthen the Chinese military. CNN
• The Biden administration is seeking a short-term extension to a landmark science and technology agreement with China despite pressure from some U.S. lawmakers who say Beijing could exploit it to gain a security and military advantage. CNBC
• China's bet is to use AI to directly influence enemy cognition, while leading key technologies with significant military potential, such as AI itself, autonomous systems, quantum computing, data science, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing materials. Frontiers
• Over the coming decade the ability to advance and exploit science and technology will be an increasingly important metric of global power, conferring economic, political and military advantages. UK Government
• The AUKUS agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. potentially enables a trilateral pooling of defence, science, technology, and industrial capabilities that could produce new military capabilities in areas such as hypersonics, quantum computing, and cyber technology. The National Bureau of Asian Research
• The PRC could improve all the facets of comprehensive national power (which includes not only military and economic power but diplomatic standing, level of science and technology, and cultural security) at relatively low risk. Breaking Defense
• The main source of strategic advantage in the next 10 years will lie in the ability of military organizations to fully integrate innovations in artificial intelligence, cyber power and data science, cognitive science and robotics at all levels of military operations. Asia Times

Last updated: 15 September 2025